Sunday, August 9, 2009

2007: September

Sept 1
Nepal Agriculture Research Council (NARC) to focus on implementing research findings
Signature apartment opens booking (ekantipur.com)
SAARC ministers propose 9 ‘ambitious’ projects to promote South Asian connectivity
Foreign investment sees marginal rise. Govt approves FIs over Rs 2.99b (ArthaExpress)
Weekly Share Update : Nepse hits a new all time high. Rs 203.67b market capitalisation (ArthaExpress)
WB expresses dissatisfaction with performances of foreign-aid projects in Nepal (People's Daily)

Sept 2
Interview - Nabaraj Pokhrel ("Govt support must to institutionalize stock brokers")
SBI bank opens 17th branch, Laxmi Bank opens 10th branch (ekantipur.com)
Rs 5.31m Japanese grant for road (ArthaExpress.com)

Sept 3
Rs 1b Saudi loan for Bagmati Irrigation Project (ekantipur.com)
Oil subsidy to continue till CA polls (ekantipur.com)
Nepal, Singapore review ASA (ekantipur.com)
Smuggled inferior goods flood border markets (ekantipur.com)
RBB installs first ATM, Surya Shree appointed Ashok Leyland dealer, Bangkok Int'l Hospital opens referral center, Mero Mobile reaches Dhangadhi (ekantipur.com)

Sept 4
Nepal looks to Thailand as laborers destination (ekantipur.com)
Government spends Rs 1.36b in first month (ekantipur.com)
NARC to promote organic poultry (ekantipur.com)
Nepal and China's Guangxi could benefit form bilateral trade (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 5
Airfares to Nepal too expensive (ekantipur.com)
Nepal losing thousands of job offers for skilled workers (ekantipur.com)
Jha new NOC chairman (ekantipur.com)
Rs 27 m Japanese grant for improvement of Kathmandu-Bhaktapur road (Nepalnews.com)
EC offers 2 million euros for Nepal in emergency aid (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 6
Talks with tanker drivers fail, Supply could worsen: NOC (ekantipur.com)
Nepal proposes co-operation with IOM (ekantipur.com)

Sept 7
NOC denied Rs 2b oil subsidy (ekantipur.com)
TIA to cut landing, parking fees (ekantipur.com)
Nepali rupee rose 14.3pc against US dollar (ekantipur.com)
Joint venture with China stressed (ekantipur.com)
Janakpur entrepreneurs down shutters (ekantipur.com)
Tanker drivers end strike (ekantipur.com)
Maoists to resume land seizure campaign (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 8
SKorea seeks greater role in worker selection (ekantipur.com)
Entrepreneurs' strike continues (ekantipur.com)
Tourist arrival registers handsome growth in August (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 9
‘Accounting service faces serious manpower crunch’ (ekantipur.com)
Royal Silk Lounge at TIA (ekantipur.com)
Global Hospital starts services, RBB installs first ATM (ekantipur.com)
Fuel shortage could subside (Nepalnews.com)
Separate strikes cripple life in Eastern Terai (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 10
ADB to extend Melamchi commitment 3 more months (ekantipur.com)
Foreign trade expansion lowest in three years (ekantipur.com)
NAC planning to lease Jet Airways craft (ekantipur.com)
Made in Nepal' fair in January, Jagdamba celebrates 5th anniversary (ekantipur.com)
Janakpur remains shut for 4th straight day (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 11
Rs 32m grant for CA poll observers (ekantipur.com)
NOC moots petroleum price hike (ekantipur.com)
Petty petrol politics (Commentary) (ekantipur.com)
Business community for stronger Nepal-Tibet trade relation (Nepalnews.com)
Experts call for alternative development models ( )

Sept 12
Hydro license fee hiked (ekantipur.com)
NB Bank promoters to sell 15 pc shares (ekantipur.com)
Production halted at Surya Nepal (ekantipur.com)
Govt to introduce law for informal sector (ekantipur.com)

Sept 13
Disagreement delays labor IA with SKorea (ekantipur.com)
Alico asked to develop internal fund for agents' pensions (ekantipur.com)
Ace Finance becomes Ace Development Bank (ekantipur.com)
Dragon Air to fly in from Dec (ekantipur.com)

Sept 14
India loans Rs 6.5b for infrastructure project (ekantipur.com)
Cutting out middlemen for foreign jobs still elusive (ekantipur.com)
China bans animal imports from Nepal (ekantipur.com)
Bank lending jumps by 31 pc (ekantipur.com)

Sept 15
Implement development fund earlier: SAARC (ekantipur.com)
IOM pact for Israeli jobs (ekantipur.com)
FM says development budget would be curtailed if oil price not increased (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 16
Infrastructure Development Bank to be constituted (ekantipur.com)
China to help ease petrol problem (ekantipur.com)
Interview-Rajan Singh Bhandari (CEO, Citizens Bank) (ekantipur.com)

Sept 17
Bankers keen on hydros (ekantipur.com)
ALICO row ends (ekantipur.com)
ADB revises Asia's growth upwards (ekantipur.com)
Employer goes bankrupt, Nepalis lose Malaysia jobs (ekantipur.com)
Power summit from today (Nepalnews.com)
Dragonair to start services from December 2 (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 18
NT cuts mobile-to-mobile distance charges (ekantipur.com)
Govt asks India to supply oil on credit (ekantipur.com)
Poultry prices continue to escalate (ekantipur.com)

Sept 19
NAC flights suspended (ekantipur.com)
Govt buys insurance for 256,000 CA polls staff (ekantipur.com)
Govt to build another int’l airport (ekantipur.com)
Petrol to be sold through private pumps only (ekantipur.com)
Power Summit –2007 concludes (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 20
Black marketeering rife amid fuel crisis (ekantipur.com)
NAC flights resume (ekantipur.com)
Auto show next week (ekantipur.com)
POL price hike soon: Minister Mahato (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 21
Paddy production on downward trend, Food shortage could aggrevate: NARC (ekantipur.com)
Do away Nepal-India trade barriers: Entrepreneurs (ekantipur.com)
Japan approves Rs 295.3m fund (ekantipur.com)
IOC resumes normal oil supply (ekantipur.com)
Mero Mobile users cannot make emergency calls (ekantipur.com)

Sept 22
Delivery of Mustang apples resumes (ekantipur.com)
Labor unrest halts Gorakhkali operation (ekantipur.com)
Bandh hits normal life in Terai districts (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 23
Interview-Prashant K Pokhrel (MD, Ami Apparels) (ekantipur.com)
Despite warnings, Nepse growth continues (ekantipur.com)
Arniko Highway opens after hours of blockage (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 24
Thoppal Khola hydro completed (ekantipur.com)
Rupee scales to nine-year high (ekantipur.com)
Lalu Yadav pledges to support Nepal railway (ekantipur.com)

Sept 25
Over Rs 628m being spent for poll-related programs (ekantipur.com)
Acute fuel adulteration taking its toll (ekantipur.com)
Govt to study feasibility of Morang-Sunsari SEZ (ekantipur.com)
Nepal lacks resources to tackle climate change: Pradhan (Nepalnews.com)
US renews travel alert for Nepal (Nepalnews.com)
USAID-Nepal announces support for ‘Center of Excellence’ (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 26
Maoist trade union targets Kantipur Publications (ekantipur.com)
Rs 500 note sans king image (ekantipur.com)
Corruption in Nepal still rampant: TI (ekantipur.com)
Doing business in Nepal easier than in India (ekantipur.com)
Concern over plight of migrant workers (ekantipur.com)
Businessmen ask India to repair Sudhanisetu bridge (ekantipur.com)
BIMSTEC meet to finalize FTA (ekantipur.com)

Sept 27
Soaring vegetable prices (ekantipur.com)
Auto dealers demand road expansion, quality fuel (ekantipur.com)
NPC moots eight economic zones (ekantipur.com)

Sept 28
Kulekhani reservoir level maximum (ekantipur.com)
BIMSTEC agrees on negative list, value addition criteria (ekantipur.com)
Email banking service launched (Nepalnews.com)
Bandh cripples life in eastern Terai (Nepalnews.com)

Sept 29
Insurgency damaged Rs 80m in Kailali property (ekantipur.com)
Govt speeds up labor attaché deployments (ekantipur.com)
Chicken price touches record high (ekantipur.com)

Sept 30
Gandak hydro shut down (ekantipur.com)
Top tourism firms awarded (ekantipur.com)
Strike shuts down schools across the country (Nepalnews.com)
Riot victims’ bandh hits normal life in Kapilvastu (Nepalnews.com)
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